Are Standardized Tests Ensuring that No Child is Left Behind?

Can high-school students increase their “cultural” capital?

Why do students have to read Shakespeare to be considered literate?

A Teacher’s Opinion says a Thousand Words

Giving Student Choice to Increase Motivation

As students shift into adolescence, motivation for reading and writing decreases. Students are less interested in reading and writing as sanctioned by the school and the assignment are reduced to a chore to be done just to receive a grade. Other…

Bring Back Motivation

With the constant globalization of our world today, the United States is continually looking at how our country ranks in comparison to others. In 2013, the US ranked 16th out of 23 countries in a study assessing literacy proficiency, despite having “higher than average levels of…

The disappearance of freedom in adolescents’ literacy

To adolescents, school is often thought of as a second home. They spend seven to eight hours a day, five days a week in school with their peers and teachers. However, while they spend so much time in this establishment most of what they…

One’s View Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

One of the greatest differences between every individual in life is how they view the world. No two…